The draft threatens every young man in this country like the sword of Damocles. He never knows when it will fall. or if indeed it will fall at all. If he is among the chosen and the called. he faces three choices: join the military. go to jail. or emigrate. It is a sad irony that the ancestors of many Americans came to this country during the 19th century primarily to escape forced service in European armies . . . they now take refuge from our compulsory militarism. Much of the alienation of todays youth from society and our form of government can be traced to the prospect of compulsory military service . . . particularly service in Vietnam.
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